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Eisenhower: We started off in 1952 to break away from the kind of government... that wants to put all power, all direction of our…

On the recordOctober 13, 1958
We started off in 1952 to break away from the kind of government... that wants to put all power, all direction of our economy... in the hands of a central bureaucracy.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the President's Birthday Breakfast.

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